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guinosum, Sol. Prim, Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 214. Orthopogon compositus, Brown, Prodr. vol. i. 
p. 194.  Digitarie species, Willd. Enum. p. 91. Orthopoyon remotus, Trin. O. compositus, 
var. 2—5, Trin. Ic. p. 16. t. 189, 190.—Common throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 681). Also col- 
,leeted in the Society (Banks and Solander! Forster!) and New Hebrides group em and M‘Gil- 
livray !), and at Easter Island (Forster !). 
XI. Panicum, Linn. Gen. n. 76; Endl. Gen. n. 770. Spicule 2-flore, flore inferiore ¢ v. 
neutro, superiore d. Glume 2, inzquales, concave, mutice.  Fl.4: Pales 2; stamina 3, inter- 
dum palea superiore et staminibus abortivis neuter. Fl. 3: Palew 2, subsequales, concave, inferior 
superiorem parinervem amplectens. Squamule 2, collaterales, dolabriformes v. truncato- 1-2-3- 
lobe. Stamina 3. Ovarium sessile. Styli 2, terminales, elongati; stigmata penicillata, pilis sim- 
plicibus denticulatis—Gramina planifolia; floribus spicatis paniculatisve; rhachi continua.—Digi- 
taria, Scop. Carn. vol. i. p. 52. 
1. P. sanguinale, Linn. Spec. p. 84; Kunth, Enum. vol. i. p. 82; Willd. Spec. vol. i. p. 342; 
Schreb. Gram. t. 16; Engl. Bot. t. 849; Flor. Dan. t. 388; Host. Gui p.2.1. 17; Tee, ic. p, 
8. t. 93, 94; spicis digitatis: "erecto-patulis, subquaternis v. pluribus; foliis vaginisque subpilosis ; 
flosculis oblongis, margine pubescentibus. — Syntherisma vulgare, Schrad. Germ. vol. i. p. 161. 
Paspalum sanguinale, var. a, Lam.-Ill. vol. i. p.176; Cand. Gall. vol. iii. p. 16. Phalaris velutina, 
Forsk. Descr. p. 17 (teste Lam.). Digitaria sanguinalis, Scop. Carn. n. 72; Willd. Enum. p. 92. 
Dactylon sanguinale, Vill. Delph. vol. ii. p. 69. Digitaria marginata, Link, Hort. vol. i. p. 102. 
Panicum Linkianum, Kunth, Gram. vol. i. p. 883. Syntherisma precoz, Walt. Carol. p. 76 (ex Mich.). 
Digitaria precox, Willd. Enum. p. 91. Cynodon precor, Rom. et Schult. Syst. vol. ii. p. 412.— 
Common on roadsides in most Vitian islands (Seemann! n. 690; Sir E. Home!). Also collected in - 
the Tongan (Barclay! Home!), Marquesas (Barclay!), and Hawaiian Islands (Barclay !), as well 
as in the Isle of Pines (M‘Gillivray !). 
2. P. trigonum, Retz. Obs. vol. iii. p. 9; Steud. Glum. vol. i. p. 91; culmo prostrato radi- 
cante folioso; foliis angustis glabris; panicula parva erecta, pedunculis raris parum flexuosis 2-floris ; 
glumis inzqualibus obtusis hispidis 1-floris; seminibus 3-gonis.— P. patens, Burm. Ind. t. 10. f. 2. 
P. pilipes, Nees ab Esenb.—Ovalau and Vanua Levu (Seemann! n. 698; U. S. Expl. Exped. !), 
Gau (M*Gillivray !). Also collected in Aneitum, New Hebrides, in salt marshes (M‘Gillivray !), in 
Tonga (U. S. Expl. Exped.!) and the East Indies and Ceylon. 
3. P. ambiguum, Trin. Mem. Petr.; Steud. Syn. Glum. vol. i. p. 61 ; culmo prostrato ramoso ; 
nodis puberulis; foliis lanceolato-linearibus glabriusculis, subtus minutissime pilosis; racemis (3) 
alternis interstitiis longioribus; spiculis 2 laxiuscule imbricatis fere bilinearibus ovato-lanceolatis 
acutis glabris; glumis 5-nerviis inferiore ovata acutissima flosculis i-i breviore; 4 obtuso aciculato 
tenuissime punctato.— Urochloa paspaloides, Presl, Reliq. Henk. vol. i. p. 318.—Vanua Levu (U. S. 
Expl Exped.!). Also collected in Tonga (U. S. Expl. Exped. !), and in Manila. 
XII. Paspalum, Linn. Gen. n. 73; Endl. Gen. n. 761. Spicule 2-flore, cum pedicello articu- 
late, flore inferiore neutro, superiore 4. Gluma 1 v. rarissime 2, inferier minuta, superior 
` (antica) florem neutrum æquans. Neutr.: Palea membranacea, mutica. F]. ¢: Palez 2, coriaceæ, 
muticæ, inferior concava, superiorem 2-nervem amplectens. Squamule 2, carnosc, breves. Ova- 
rium sessile. Styli 2, terminales; stigmata aspergilliformia, pilis subsimplicibus, denticulatis. 
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